National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN
Network Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti
MISSION SUPPORT
Ongoing Planetary/Interplanetary Flight Projects
Voyager Support
J. E. Allen and H. E. Nance
NASA Code 311-03-22-20
Pioneer 11 Saturn Encounter Support
G. M. Rockwell
NASA Code 311-03-22-60
RADIO ASTRONOMY
Radio Astronomy
R. J. Fahnestock and R. M. Taylor
NASA Code 311-03-21-00
SUPPORT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Tracking and Ground-Based Navigation
A Voltage-Controlled Optical Radio Frequency-Phase Shifter
K. Y. Lau
NASA Code 310-10-62-22
A Point Design for a Gyrotron Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier
A. Kupiszewski
NASA Code 310-10-64-10
Demonstration of Remote Clock Monitoring by VLBI, With Three
Baseline Closure
C. M. Cheetham, W. J. Hurd, J. W. Layland, G. A. Madrid, and T. P. Yunck
NASA Code 310-10-62-28
Projected State-of-the-Art for Frequency Standards for the DSN in the 1982-1990 Time Frame
W. Higa and R. Sydnor
NASA Code 310-10-62-22
Station Control and Operations Technology
The R0 Parameter for Optical Communication
Using Photon Counting
R. J. McEliece
NASA Code 310-30-70-14
Density and Reliability Predictions for a General Logic Structure for Custom LSI
M. Sievers
NASA Code 310-30-70-10
NETWORK FACILITY ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Network
Frequency Down-Converters as Applied to VLBI
N. C. Ham
NASA Code 311-03-42-62
The NOCC Radio Science Subsystem - System Performance
Validation for the DSN Radio Science and Very Long Baseline
Interferometry (VLBI) Systems
A. L. Berman
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
Design of a Quick-Look Decoder for the DSN (7,1/2) Convolutional Code
C. A. Greenhall and R. L. Miller
NASA Code 311-03-43-20
A Reed-Solomon Decoding Program for Correcting Both Errors
and Erasures
R. L. Miller, T. K. Truong, B. Benjauthrit, and I. S. Reed
NASA Code 311-03-43-20
DSN Tracking System Uplink Frequency Control
G. L. Spradlin
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
DSN CONSCAN - A Vector Nomenclature and Method for Determining
Parameter Values
T. Taylor and J. Lu Valle
NASA Code 311-03-43-10
Deep Space Stations
Antenna Azimuth Bearing Model Experiment
H. McGinness
NASA Code 311-03-42-55
Radio Frequency Performance of DSS 14 64-m Antenna at X-Band
Using a Dual Hybrid Mode Feed
A. J. Freiley
NASA Code 311-03-42-55
An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Antenna Pointing Errors on Range Delays
T. Y. Otoshi and T. H. Taylor
NASA Code 311-03-42-55
S-Band Ultralow-Noise Traveling-Wave Maser
D. Trowbridge and J. Loreman
NASA Code 311-03-42-54
OPERATIONS
Network Operations
An Improvement in Fourier Transform Accuracy
R. C. Bunce
NASA Code 311-03-14-20
DSS Receiver Thermal Noise Model Comparisons
R. C. Bunce
NASA Code 311-03-14-20
Deep Space Network Feasibility Study of Terminating Southern
California Edison Electrical Service to Goldstone
J. L. Koh
NASA Code 311-03-13-32
Deep Space Stations
X-Band Sampling by the Occultation Data Assembly
R. B. Roth
NASA Code 311-03-12-30
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